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Highlights of the EMS2025 in Ljubljana

The EMS2025 in Ljubljana was a wonderful event with many opportunities to meet new people, get fresh ideas, discuss, and enjoy the lovely city of Ljubljana. The meeting was attended by more than 700 participants from 49 countries. 300 people attended an EMS Annual Meeting for the first time![more]

Tromp Foundation Awardees – highlighted

In this video the awardees of the Tromp Foundation travel award for young scientists (TFTAYS) and the winner of the EMS Tromp Award for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology are highlighted, all summarising shortly their work they present at the EMS2025 in Ljubljana (7-12 September 2025).[more]

thumbnail - Jörg Steinwagner, representative of DMG on the EMS Council; from September 2025 also EMS Vice-President

Jörg Steinwagner elected as new EMS Vice-President

At this recent session, Jörg Steinwagner, the representative of the DMG on the EMS Council, was elected as EMS Vice-President for a 3-year term, starting on 8 September 2025. He follows Dominique Marbouty of Météo et Climat, who acted as Vice-President since spring 2020. Council also approved the venue for the EMS Meeting in 2027, which will be held at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.[more]

teaser - 2025 EMS Outreach & Communication Award

Outreach & Communication Award 2025

We are delighted to announce that the magazine “Segnali dal clima in Friuli Venezia Giulia” will receive the 2025 EMS Outreach and Communication Award. Through compelling storytelling enriched with explanations, glossaries, and real-world examples, the magazine guides non-experts along a clear narrative path — framing complex issues in a constructive way that informs, empowers, and helps ease anxiety.[more]

JEMS paper alert – June 2025

An International Advisory Board for JEMS has been established. The IAB’s role is to provide expert support in terms of reviews, advertise JEMS worldwide and to foster the growth of JEMS.
The latest papers in JEMS include The EUMETSAT satellite programmes and data services, Implementing digital twin technology of the earth system in Destination Earth, and What determines the Arctic solar radiation energy budget at the surface most strongly: Clouds, surface albedo, or the solar zenith angle?[more]

This was the MeteoXchange Conference 2025

The virtual MeteoXchange conference, organised by early career scientists from several European countries, was held for the fourth time in April. For two days, young scientists from all over the world had the opportunity to exchange ideas and present their scientific research in the fields of atmospheric sciences. Bachelor’s and Master’s theses as well as doctoral projects were presented.[more]

Florence Rabier to receive EMS Silver Medal 2025

Florence Rabier is honoured for her ground-breaking scientific, academic and leadership career, marked by pioneering contributions to variational data assimilation of satellite observations in NWP, and her proactive role positioning ECMWF at the forefront of the machine learning revolution.[more]

EMS Technology Achievement Award 2025 for ANEMOI

The Anemoi Framework is an excellent example of a European collaborative effort, which offers enhanced forecast accuracy through the use of advanced machine-learning methodologies. The flexible open-source approach enables various European stakeholders to further integrate AI in operational forecasting.[more]